Great Places Explained
Great Places |
Type: | Housing association |
Purpose: | Housing management |
Location: | Manchester |
Region Served: | North West England, Yorkshire |
Leader Title: | Chief Executive |
Num Staff: | 629 |
Budget: | £68.5 million[1] |
Great Places is a housing association in the United Kingdom, formerly the Manchester Methodist Housing Association. Great Places provides 19,000+ homes mostly in North West England.[2] The organisation is an industrial and provident society headquartered in Manchester.
In 2020, Equity Housing Group merged into Great Places. The combined organisation has 24,000 homes.[3]
Pakistani Billionaire Sir Anwar Pervez is the largest private donor to this social housing group.[4]
Its developments include:
In 2008, it managed a pilot home zone in Northmoor, Manchester.[8]
Notes and References
- http://www.greatplaces.org.uk/Publication/Great%20Places%20annual%20report%202011%20for%20email%20and%20web.pdf
- http://www.greatplaces.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Great%20Places%20Housing%20Group%20-%20map%20of%20where%20we%20work.pdf
- Place North West https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/great-places-completes-merger-despite-far-from-ideal-circumstances/
- News: Top 50 political donors who bankrolled the UK election 2019.
- News: Rose . Steve . Give us a frill . 20 November 2023 . The Guardian . 17 April 2006.
- News: Fearn . Hannah . 'The race to build new homes drives down quality', says leading architect . 20 November 2023 . The Guardian . 4 February 2014.
- News: Cooke . Rachel . How I learnt to love the streets in the sky . 20 November 2023 . The Guardian . 23 November 2008.
- News: Ward . David . Pioneering 'home zone' transforms neighbourhood . 20 November 2023 . The Guardian . 1 August 2001.